At an age when she can’t yet order a beer, YaraShahidi has already cemented her status as a voice of her generation. GlamourWOTY
“[My mother] constantly says to me, ‘You deserve to be in the room,’” says Shahidi. “I’m 19 and a half today, and the one thing I’m still trying to figure out is how to advocate for myself as strongly as she advocates for me.”Shahidi says that the unwavering belief of other women has been instrumental to her success. But for all of the Hillarys and Oprahs, her fiercest champion, she says, is her mother, Keri—equal parts mama bear, BFF, and strategic adviser.
Shahidi didn’t realize that people were eager to hear her opinions until a fateful appearance on a NAACP panel about Hollywood diversity in 2015. She noticed that the more she spoke, the more people listened. And they haven’t stopped. “That panel was really pivotal for me because I realized I could not only be a leader in conversation, but I could be one of the voices representing things that are near and dear to my heart.
“There’s this assumption that young people are supposed to stay quiet and all of a sudden turn 18 and have fully formed opinions,” Shahidi says. “But the problem is that you haven’t been given a platform or the opportunity as a young person to develop or form those opinions.”And so she’s learning a lot about self-care too. A good home-cooked meal—“my mom makes a mean peach cobbler”—and live music help. Shahidi also finds solace in history.
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